Kas is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kas
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Lastname is variant of Kassner. The manager of a granary; one who made cabinets.

The variation of Kass. Descendant of Kass, a pet form of Cazo; one with the characteristics of a black bird.

The variation of the Cassan. The family of Cassan, or De Cassagne, derive from Stephen Cassan, a native of Montpellier, who fled into Holland at the Rev. of the Edict of Nantes, and afterwards accompained Schomberg into Ireland.

How popular is Kas?

Kas is common in Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, India, Sri Lanka, Iran, Indonesia, United States, Nigeria, France, DR Congo, Hungary, Cambodia, Belgium, Poland, Malaysia, Pakistan, Algeria, Egypt.

Kas is ranked 63429 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kass grew by 20.44 per cent to 271 since 2000 and ranked 71886 after elevating 6952 spots. The last name was found in around 9 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.38 85.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 17.71 8.44
Hispanic or Latino 2.58 3.11
Others 1.85 3.11
Kas is quite popular family name mostly used in Netherlands however Liechtenstein lie ahead in terms of density. Around 7898 people have been found who wears Kas as their family name. Kas is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Kas:
3,173 Netherlands839
919 Papua New Guinea773
6,666 Saudi Arabia676
8,802 Morocco648
58,737 India482
5,492 Sri Lanka439
14,965 Iran427
28,170 Indonesia412
75,637 United States352
27,680 Nigeria310
37,046 France278
27,390 DR Congo246
4,424 Hungary237
2,170 Cambodia202
10,816 Belgium170
29,333 Poland168
11,147 Malaysia158
14,753 Pakistan142
28,537 Algeria137
38,342 Egypt122
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
66,883 Germany84
2,677 Taiwan70
52,584 England51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
47,396 Australia38
129,783 Ukraine31
7,666 Singapore30
4,589 Kosovo27
92,464 South Africa26
114,935 Canada21
315,217 Thailand20
56,422 Sweden13
30,183 Denmark12
26,891 Qatar12
25,625 United Arab Emirates12
329,557 Brazil11
89,142 Uganda11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
20,332 Scotland10
78,608 Spain10
487 Liechtenstein9
2,632 Rwanda9
8,246 Tunisia9
26,217 Estonia8
63,315 Switzerland8
88,377 Greece7
68,299 Israel7
50,495 Mexico7
190,047 Argentina6
11,326 Syria6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Anton Kas from Germany aboard the Columbus from Antwerp on May 31, 1852. He is registered to be 5 years old when he arrived in USA. Christina Kas, Gertrude Kas, Johann Kas, aged 18, Farmer and mechanic Johann Kas, 52 years old Johann Kas, 52 years old Johann Kas, Farmer Mathias Kas, 20 years old Mathias Kas, and 24 other Kas around 42.86% of whom were farmer while others worked as farmer and mechanic and laborer migrated to US.

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